Which type of biological agent needs a host to replicate and spread, is costly and difficult to grow in large quantities for terrorism purposes, and does not respond to antibiotic treatment?
Biology · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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The type of biological agent you're describing, which requires a host to replicate, is costly and difficult to grow in large quantities for terrorism purposes, and does not respond to antibiotic treatment, is likely a virus. Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites, meaning they can only reproduce inside the cells of a host organism. They rely on the host cell's replication machinery to multiply and spread. Because viruses are not living organisms in the traditional sense, they do not respond to antibiotics, which are designed to target the life processes of bacteria.